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Ron Johnson: “The cost of colleges increase is somewhere between 2.5 and…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson's full remarks at HSGAC hearing on education and student achievement

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

One question I have as I started looking to this is, you know, the cost of college has exploded depending on what numbers you look at, somewhere since the, you know, mid-60s 70s, The cost of colleges increase is somewhere between 2.5 and 2.8 times the rate of inflation. Now think of that. What is so different about what colleges and universities spend their money on that their cost tuition, room, board would increase at 2 and a half to 2.8 times the rate of inflation? (05:28–05:34)

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Asserts that college costs have increased at 2.5 to 2.8 times the rate of inflation since the mid-60s or 70s.

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